Announcing the Florida Dietetic Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition

You are invited to join FDA at the Boca Raton Resort and Club July 19 – 22, 2008. There will be over 40 speakers on a variety of hot topics and a packed exhibit hall with over 100 vendors showing the latest products in the field of nutrition. Other events include a silent auction, a Member’s Reception, and networking with over 500 colleagues.  Please visit www.eatrightflorida.org or call Christine Stapell at 850-386-8850 for more information.

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Refreshing the Shape of America’s Plate: A Fresh Food and Flavor Workshop

Santa Fe, NM
Sept. 17 – 20, 2008
CPEs: 24 for RDs, DTRs, CHES
$695 includes all tuition, culinary classes, tours, breaks, reception, dinner and 2 lunches  

With Deborah Madison and the Santa Fe School of Cooking
Immerse yourself in 3.5 days of everything fresh and flavorful. A unique, small group experience combining the culinary/writing talents of Deborah Madison, the expertise of the Santa Fe School of Cooking and the food education vision of Field to Plate.

• Includes 1.5 days of hands-on culinary and flavor work, specifically developed for food and nutrition professionals
• Food education tools and toolkit development featuring creative sensory approaches to food education; unique counseling approaches
• Sessions in food language and messaging
• A food writing and memoirs workshop led by Deborah.

2008 Exchange Forum: The Mediterranean Diet

Refreshing your understanding. Translating it to the plate.
Isle of Crete, Greece
Sept. 28 – Oct 4, 2008
Oct. 5 – 11, 2008
Oct. 12 – 17, 2008
CPEs: 35 for RDs, DTRs, CHES
$2995 all inclusive: tuition, tours, tastings, meals, accommodations, tips  (land price)

With Chef Nikki Rose and Crete Culinary Sanctuaries
For 6 days, a rare opportunity to spend quality time in rural communities, meeting with residents and following traditional agricultural and culinary practices along with them. Together with experts from Crete, we will explore the countryside blanketed with wild herbs, the olive groves, vineyards, fishing ports and vegetable gardens. We will see the diversity of Crete’s bounties brought together in the kitchen. In this setting, and in complete contrast from the hectic world and its modern accoutrements, we will meet and truly live among a people who embody the renowned Mediterranean lifestyle. We will discover how and why their way of life is so beneficial to the rest of the world.

Not merely a visit, a demonstration or a tasting, but a true immersion into, and embodiment of, Mediterranean.

Details and registration:  http://fieldtoplate.com/forums.php - and click on Fall 2008 Forum
Email: inquiry@fieldtoplate.com